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    Quadro M500M vs Radeon HD 6970M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M500M and Radeon HD 6970M, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Quadro M500M stacks up against Radeon HD 6970M, check out specs charts below.
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    Quadro M500M and Radeon HD 6970M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Quadro M500M and Radeon HD 6970M are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Quadro M500M or Radeon HD 6970M here:

    Quadro M500M Laptops
    Radeon HD 6970M Laptops

    Main Specs

      Quadro M500M Radeon HD 6970M
    Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 75 Watt
    Interface MXM-A (3.0) MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None None
    Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Radeon HD 6970M has 150% more power consumption, than Quadro M500M.
    • Quadro M500M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon HD 6970M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
    • Quadro M500M and Radeon HD 6970M have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
    • Quadro M500M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 6970M - in Laptops.
    • Quadro M500M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6970M - with Terascale 2.
    • Core clock speed of Quadro M500M is 349 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M.
    • Quadro M500M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6970M - by 40 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Quadro M500M is 3104 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 0−1 10−12
    ultra / 1080p − 6−7
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 1−2
    low / 720p 12−14 24−27
    medium / 1080p 3−4 14−16
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 150% more, than Quadro M500M.

    Full Specs

      Quadro M500M Radeon HD 6970M
    Architecture Maxwell Terascale 2
    Code name GM108 Blackcomb XT
    Type Mobile workstation Laptop
    Release date 15 December 2015 6 January 2011
    Pipelines 384 960
    Core clock speed 1029 MHz 680 MHz
    Boost Clock 1124 MHz
    Transistor count 1,700 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
    Texture fill rate 17.98 32.64
    Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 1,305.6 gflops
    Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 4004 MHz 900 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 11.2 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.0 5.0
    OpenGL 4.5 4.4
    OpenCL 1.2 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
    CUDA 5.0
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 118 Mh/s
    Laptop size large large
    Optimus +
    nView Display Management +
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